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Oh, what a twisted read! The setting is a prestigious private school, where Teddy Crutcher received the Teacher of the Year award. This book explores Teddy's unorthodox methods for helping his students become their best selves. Teddy's interactions with other teachers at the school are typical—some colleagues you befriend, and some annoy the snot out of you.  The narration shifts among the different characters, which I enjoyed because it showed Teddy from multiple perspectives.

From the publisher:

Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the esteemed Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest.

He says his wife couldn't be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while.

Teddy really can’t be bothered with the death of a school parent that’s looking more and more like murder or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is on pushing these kids to their full academic potential.

All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way.

It's really too bad that sometimes excellence can come at such a high cost.

USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson…